TOMLIN v. CARSON HELICOPTERS, INC.

Civ. A. No. 87-2978.

700 F.Supp. 248 (1988)

Henry TOMLIN, Administrator of the Estate of John Tomlin, Deceased v. CARSON HELICOPTERS, INC., Sikorsky Aircraft, Pratt & Whitney, Inc. and United Technologies, Inc.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

November 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur G. Raynes, Raynes, McCarty, Binder, Ross and Mundy, Philadelphia, Pa., for Tomlin.

E. David Chanin, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for Sikorsky Aircraft, Pratt & Whitney, Inc., and United Technologies, Inc.

Joseph G. DeRespino, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Philadelphia, Pa., and Condon & Forsyth, Steven R. Stegich, III, New York City, for Carson Helicopters, Inc.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

HANNUM, Senior District Judge.

Background

On April 20, 1985, a model H-34A/S58 helicopter designed and manufactured by defendant Sikorsky Aircraft and owned and maintained by defendant Carson Helicopters, Inc., crashed into the Gulf of Mexico between one marine league and three marine leagues from the coast of Florida.1 The pilot and both passengers...

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